Curiosity Rewarded: Florida Teen Heading to Space Camp, Not Jail

Kiera Wilmot, the Florida high school student who was expelled from her school after an unauthorized science experiment was misperceived as a weapon (at least for purposes of arrest and charging), won't be going to jail. She will, though, be going to Space Camp, thanks to a crowdfunding campaign started by author and former NASA engineer Homer Hickham. All charges against her have been dropped.

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Re:I Think This Is A Bad Thing

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I dont think you know who Homer Hickam is. Homer was a kid who grew up in a mining town where either you graduated high school and went to the coal mines or you got out on a football scholarship. He had a curiosity about space and rockets that could almost be described as fanaticism. His farther didn't support him, his friends initially didn't support him and only one person encouraged him, his teacher Mrs. Riley.

He performed countless experiments throughout his high school days most of which were dangerous but he never gave up.

He eventually graduated high school and went on to Virgina Tech and got a BS in Industrial engineering.

He then went into the military and got into NASA and I'm sure I'm missing things in between.

The point is, after seeing who elected to send her to space camp, the reasons become clear and make sense.

Homer Hickam